Including JS files (JQuery) in JSPX files

Question

I\'m creating a dynamic web project in Eclipse (almost from scratch) and I created a JSPX file where I put

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Answer 1

JSPX has the quirky behaviour that it auto-collapses tags without body. So effectively

<script type="text/javascript" src="route/to/scripts/jquery.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="route/to/scripts/jquery.ui.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="route/to/scripts/something.js"></script>

will end up in browser as

<script type="text/javascript" src="route/to/scripts/jquery.js" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="route/to/scripts/jquery.ui.js" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="route/to/scripts/something.js" />

which is invalid <script> syntax (rightclick page in browser and do View Source to see it yourself). The browser behaviour is undetermined.

You can workaround this by putting a <jsp:text /> between the tags

<script type="text/javascript" src="route/to/scripts/jquery.js"><jsp:text /></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="route/to/scripts/jquery.ui.js"><jsp:text /></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="route/to/scripts/something.js"><jsp:text /></script>